#49B7BE#49B7BE

#49B7BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.099 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B7BE
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -28.80, -12.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 31.55, 204.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0926 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.099 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9714, 38.9981, 54.7058)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B7BE #BE5049

analogous

#49BE8B #49B7BE #497DBE

triadic

#49B7BE #BE49B7 #B7BE49

tetradic

#49B7BE #8B49BE #BE5049 #7DBE49

square

#49B7BE #8B49BE #BE5049 #7DBE49

split-complementary

#49B7BE #BE497D #BE8B49

monochromatic

#256468 #358F95 #49B7BE #76C9CE #A3DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#49B7BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#49B7BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B7BE

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B7BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B7BE	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b7be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.099 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdd1',
    500: '#49b7be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b7be;
$custom-light: #89cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b7be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.59,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71966,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B7BE

secondary

#CB9B98

accent

#5951D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B7BE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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